Victoria Hotel

			Cnr Lava & Liebig St Ph 03 5562 2073 E-mail vic_hot@hotkey.net.au
Pub Information Licensee Bruce Steel Accommodation 15 upstairs rooms price from $16 pp Restaurant open for lunch and dinner 7 days Bar meals Seven days Lunch 12- 2:00 Dinner 6 - 8:00 Beer On Tap Carlton Draught Cascade Lager Drive In Bottleshop				The Public Bar comfortably holds about 50. Fairly mixed clientele with locals and guests Restaurant seats up to 80 comfortably with a large wood fired heater giving the whole pub a warm country style atmosphere Entertainment pool table in small bar opposite the main bar and used for pub pool nights and darts nights Karoake on Friday night and live bands on Saturday Accommodation Fifteen upstairs rooms - cheap and cheerful and a popular backpackers venue Bottle Shop popular and busy drive through bottleshop - open 7 days a week - Good selection of wines and spirits and competitively priced - member of Innkeepers group
	History - Built in 1858 by Joseph Dobson and known as Dobsons Family Hotel, at the time was one of the finest buildings in the township. Joseph Dobson, was a carpenter by trade and a large gregarious Yorkshireman who loved a pint. He had previously built the first Hotel in Warrnambool (1854) The Royal Archer, and was well known for his hospitality and interest in civic affairs. Financial problems forced the sale of the hotel in 1867 and it was renamed the Victoria Hotel. It remained substantially unaltered for the next 100 years until the 1970's when at the height of the pub entertainment boom the hotel was renovated and modernised with the addition of a large entertainment venue Falling patronage and the introduction of drink driving laws in the early 1990's forced the scaling back of the pub. The Public bar and the Lounge bar which both faced onto Liebig st were sublet to a local real estate agent and
Entertainment Tuesday Pub Pool Thursday Darts Friday Karaoke Saturday Live Bands	the public bar was relocated to the back section of the hotel. The function room was converted into a restaurant /meals area. The result has improved the Vic giving it a more intimate and warmer feel, and is now probably closer to its original form, albeit with modern fixtures and fittings
			Meals	Accommodation
	Lunch Menu		Meals at the "Vic" are typical country pub style cooking, with generous servings and an uncomplicated menu. The lunch menu is particularly popular with nothing over $7.00 and attracts quite a few locals, especially on Thursdays and Fridays, where lunch at the Vic is somewhat of a tradition for many local workers.	Rooms at the "Vic" are on the second floor and are traditional pub style accommodation with twin beds and a wardrobe (doubles in some rooms) and shared toilet and bathroom facilities at the end of the hallway. A shared kitchen facility and lounge has been added in recent times to provide for an increasing number of backpackers .
	Vegie chowder Whiting Roast of the day Ham Steak	$4 $6.50 $6.50 $6.50
	Dinner Menu
	Chicken Schnitzel Chicken Avocado Rib eye fillet Porterhouse Grilled Whiting Seafood platter	$15 $17.50 $17.50 $18 $16.50 $20